No. 18-6899

John Uranga, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certiorari circuit-split circuit-splits constitutional-error constitutional-violations de-minimis federal-courts federal-law implied-bias intra-circuit-split juror-bias structural-error structural-errors
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the implied bias doctrine constitutes clearly established federal law

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Where there exists intra and inter-circuit splits among the federal courts of appeals on a question of exceptional importance concerning “structural erros," should the Supreme Court grant a writ of certiorari te resolve the issue of whether the implied bias doctrine constitutes clearly established federal law? : Il. Where the Supreme Court has repeatedly held in a multitude of cases, that ‘sjolations ef constitutional magnitude can never be de minimis," in the context of juror bias where the defendant on trial had committed a crime previously against the juror, should a determination of bias be predicated on whether or not the crime involved a de minimis loss to the victim/juror? . wir

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)

Attorneys

John Uranga
John Uranga — Petitioner
John Uranga — Petitioner